The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are. St. Teresia Benedicta (Edith Stein)

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials. St. Teresa of Avila

Let go of your plans. St. Teresia Benedicta (Edith Stein)

You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all. St. Therese of Lisieux

Love God, serve God; everything is in that. St. Clare of Assisi

One cannot love without suffering or suffer without loving. St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Act and God will act, work and He will work. St. Joan of Arc

The patient and humble endurance of the cross – whatever nature it may be – is the highest work we have to do. St. Katherine Drexel

I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. St. Mary MacKillop

Nothing is far from God. St. Monica

The gifts of grace increase as the struggles increase. St. Rose of Lima

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. St. Teresa of Calcutta

The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for all that He, in His goodness, sends to us day after day. St. Gianna Molla

Nothing great is ever achieved without enduring much. St. Catherine of Siena

We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and though we are so weak of ourselves, this grace is able to carry us through every obstacle and difficulty. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me. St. Clare of Assisi